Novelty advertising device.



L. M. BOWMAN. NOVELTY ADVERTISING EEVIGE. AP1 LIGAT10N TILBD JUNE'ls,1914.

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NOVELTY ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATIQN FILED JUNE 13, 3.314 Lm@,373 l amented Jan. 26, 19m.

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Implication filed June 1S, 1514. Serial No. 844,915.

Tulsa, in the county of Tulsa and Stateo'l" Oklahoma, have inventedkcertain new and useful improvements in Novelty Advertis` ing Devices,o'l which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to nen' and useful improvements in noveltyadvertising devices, and has for its principal 'object to provide enadvertising device on which light figures are caused to travel over thesmooth surface of glass or similar material by means of a motive poiverwhich is not apparent.

l nother object of this invention is to provide e device in which theFigures are made to epparentlj7 walk.

A. further object or' the invention is to prode a novel means foractuating the mechanism controlling the operation of the ligures. liliththese and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novelcombination and arrangement of parts which will he fully set forth inthe follovw ing specification and accompanying drawings, in which, i

Figure l is a transverse sectional view ot an advertisingr deviceconstructed in accordence with this invention, Fig. il is a vieu'similar to Fig. l. of a modified form of' advertiser` Fig. 3 is a topplan view of the modiiied torni of the device, i is an enlarged cetailsectional vien' of the arm of the modified torni, Fig. an enlargeddetail View of the contact, 5% a transverse sectional view taken on line5.--6 of Fig. 5, and Fig. is an enlarged detail view of the' end 'of thearm illustrating the method of securing theniagnet thereto.

.Referring now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numerali. designates as an entirety the main casing of the device, whichcomprises the tapered bod@7 portion 2, having the bottom 3 securedthereto. rlhis tapered body portion is provided at its 'upper 'terminalswith the lateral flange il, the free' edge ot which terminates in theinturned portion. 5, having its free edge rah lasted as t3. Thisrabbeted edge arranged to forni a support for the glass cover Tasclearl7 illustrated in Figs. fi and 2.

.Secured ceutrallY of the using,` l, is the casing 8, which lorlns thecover in which the driving inechanisn'i of the device is hold.

Rotatalily mounted centrally with relation to the casing l is the shaft9 having the angular extension 10 formed at the upper terminal thereof.The lower end ci the shaft l) is journaled in a suitable hearingand isarranged to he driven by the mechanism carried in the casing 8,hereinbefore referred to.

'A suitable bracket 1l is secured to the casing l and is prevented fromaccidental movement by means of the brace 12. This bracket l1 isarranged to :form a support for the upper terminal of the sli-aft, andthe free terminal of the bracket is provided with the enlargement 13having the internal bore le through which the shaft 9 extends,

ySuitable magnets are tree end of the arm 10 to attract articles whichcover 'i'.

Secured to `the bracket ll is a suitable insulated clock l5 carrying thecontact plate lo which .is 'formed of e. strip of spring lirass andconnects to the binding post 17 in any suitable manner. This contactplate is arranged to engage the copper, or other suitable metal, ring 18which is carried ley the t'her sleeve 19. This ring i8 is 'formed withan opening which is arranged to break an electrical circuit when 'thedevice is in use. The ber sleeve4 19 is mounted on the supported at theand are arranged are placed on the shaft and is arranged to rotatetherewith so vthat the ring 1.8 wili make and break the cirruitintermittently. T his ring 18 is ar-v ranged fo contact with the bindingpost QG, intl tl it will be seen that the Wires Q1 and which lead fromthe batteries 23 to the magnet, may bc connected to the respectivecontact plates as clearlj.T illustrated in Fig. 5.

lhe electromagnet 38 is used in conjunction with a suitable permanentmagnet de. ignated by the numeral 33, and this magnet 38 intermittentlyenergized 'and dener- ,giz'ed through the action of the contact ring i8,and plate lo. lt will thus he seen that when the device is in operationthe permene it inafrnet will Carr f an article com ietel.v

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ari-.wund While the eiectroinagnet ie tekeerry the articie a portioncrthe retfalw tion, at which -tiniethe circuit ie broken andthe articleleft nntii tbe next complete revoiution of the arm 1), at which time themagnet is again energized and attracts the arricie. In this form ofdevice the same ie need preierably in conjunction with two articleswhich are controlled by the f lectromagnet so that when the magnet isdencr- 88 ie connected by tbc Wire 39 to the' Wire' which in 'turn isconnected to eine binding post 20, ami 'time tbrongh tbe contact Piateand Wire l-to the bettcriee or other suitabc source oi power supply. Theopposite pole of tbe battery is then connected through the medium of tbcvWire 4:0 to tbe .gm- 'thereby a circuit is :ier-ined which complici-estbe circuit through the megneb 'wberrtbe piate "l en ring 18 arecontacting.'

in the nioifieri form oiE the invention 'the shaft 9 ie preried with a.ionggitudinei bere E24; riireegb. which tbe shaft carrying the .rank armQ6 er ite upper temlinai, extends. This shaft riven by means of tbe,gear 27 Wine-b in turn is driven by the gear E38 carried by tbe shaft29. The opposite termin-ai of the shaft 29 carries the 3) wbi if.ineebes with tbe gear and tbe ggeer 3i is carried by the share 9;'

Thus it YWiii be seen that when incision is imparted to the sbait 29from the mechanis'na carried. within the casing 8, tbe @gears er mi aiwir. e@ creen. ey meins 0i the rear-s :28 and 30, anfiL owing to tbefeet that the gear 2'? oi' lese riiameter than the gear Si, it wiii beapparent tbat'tbe shaft 25 wiii be Adriven at e greater rate cf epeefithan tbe chart 9.

Rotataby mounted the free end nf the extension l0 is a 'magneteryeienienr 3Q; to which are secured the permanent magnete 33 cieariyiiiuetr -d in. Figs. 4: and 7. ii euitabge iateral extension 3e isformed Loir the member 32 and carries the stati 35 to which the link 36is connected. The opposite ter. inai oi" the link 36 is connected to thestud 23? carre by abe crank: arm 60 ami itm'iii time be apparent thatwhen tbe sbaiv't 25 is ret-ated motion will be imparted vto tbe memberthus causing tbe magnet to move with reiation to tbe arm l0.

it will be apparent from tbe foregoing that in use, the mechanismcarried Within the casing 8 wiii set the shaft 9 'in operation, whichWil. canse tbc arm i0 to swing around in tbe space formed between tbcfiangc fr and tbe:- glass 7, tbereby carrying;

maere the magnet in a circular track anni causing light objects, whichmay be easiy ettracted by magnetism and which are stood on vthe s'ariaceoi' the glass, to be carried around.

in the use of tbc modified form of tbe in-v vention the object whichis'oarried on the surface of the glass is provided-` with 'feet having amaterial which is casiiy attracted by magnetism therein. It will thus beevident thatr tbel motion imparted to the magnet carrying element 32through the crank 3"? and iinkv 3G wiii cause said member to oscillarethereby intermittently swinging the magnets forward and thus the feet oftbe objects which are at tractcd by the magnets to move forwarrintermittently thereby giving tbe objectstbe appearance of Walkino. y

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembociiment of this invention, it is to be under-Stood that such changesmay be made in the cem- I bination and` arrangement of parte as willfail within the spirit and scopeof tbe 1nvention as defined inftbeappended oiairns. i

Having; thus escribed my invention,

ciaim:

1. An advertising device incinding a caeing, a Hinge formed at the up erenige of the casing, the free edge of the gauge being uptnrned, anineuiating plete carricciby the uptbriie edge of tbe Bange, a shaftKrntatabiy mounted centrally of the caengeen arm carried by the shaft, amagnetary virrefreber pivotaiiy mounteri on tbe 'free endfpf the arm,magnets carried by the magnetery member, means within 'the casing to?canse the shaft to rotate, a second shaft journeieri in tbe firstmentioned shaft, a Iateai, exten sion on the magnet carrying member, ecrank arm carried by the second mentioned shaft, a link connecting thecrank erm with the inter-a1 extension on the magnet carrying member, andmeans to cause the second sbait to rotate at a. greater rate of speedtben tbc iiretmentioned shaft, thereby imparting motion to tbe magnetcarrying member.

2. An advertising device inciding a, cae-l ing, e Harige at the upperedge of tbe casi-agg, en .ineuiatinjplate carried by tbe freeing andspaced irom the Hang-e, a shaft rotatabiy inounte centraiiy ofV thecasing', an arm earried by the shaft, a magnet carrying member carrie bythe Jr'ree end of the erin, said lxiagnet carrying member beingpivotaiiy mounted thereon, a iatcrei exteneionen the magnet carryingmember, magnete can ried by the magnet carrying member, a. shaftextending centraiiy through the Erst incr.- tioned Shaft, e crank arm attbe uriner end of the second .mentioned shaft, a. iinir cenneoting thesccondmeationeci Crank arm with tbe extension on the magnet carryingmember, anni means to impart .motion to both of the shafts and drive tbesecond merk tioued :shaft at a greater rato of speed than ing` a shaftjournaled iu the casing and centrail)v thereof, a flange at the upperedge of the vas-ing, an insulating plate carried by the flange in spacedrelation thereto, an arm carried by the upper terminal of the shaft, a.permanent magnet secured to the arm, and an electro-magnet secured tothe arm, moans to furnish electric power to the electro-magnet, means tocause. the Shaft to rotate and thereby swing the arm in a horizontalplane, and a Qontact carried by the shaft and by the casing to completethe circuit through the electro-magnet.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVI M. BOWMAN.

lVitnesses O. E. HEFFNER, THEO. lV. DAY.

